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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Recoup

Re-coup' or Recoupe, v. t.

verbtransitive

(re-kōōp'), v. t. [Fr. recouper, from re and couper, to cut.]

  1. To cut again; hence, to redivide or redistribute.
  2. (Law.) To diminish damages by cutting out or keeping back a part of; to hold back a part of, as due. Burrill.

Recoupe, n.

noun

(re-kōōp′), n. [Fr.] The same as RECOUPMENT.